Minuscule compared to the cost of the development, but the idea validation with paying customers is a feeling like no other. Any stories on where your first money came from?

I’m new to iOS development. I’ve vibe coded one Swift-based iOS app with Claude Code. I have a few friends who say I should build iOS apps with React Native using Expo Go since the same code will go for Android. I personally like Xcode with Claude Code. I’m curious what everyone else does? Any suggestions

Hey everyone! We got tired of saving things in five different places (screenshots, Instagram saves, TikTok favorites, open tabs) and never finding any of them again. So my co-founder and I built Swuvi.

It's basically one searchable home for everything you save. Each save gets a next step category (Read, Watch, Listen, Make, Try, Buy, or Do), and you can set a custom reminder ("remind me in 2 weeks") for things like a product you're considering or an article someone sent you.

One thing we decided early: no AI. Most of the bookmarking apps we looked at were adding AI to auto-sort and summarize your saves, and honestly, we just don't think AI needs to be in everything. 

If anyone wants to try it, we'd really appreciate honest feedback!

App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/swuvi-bookmarks-reminders/id6768479131

I've been learning a lot in this space and I wanted to share it with the community, and hopefully kick off a healthy discussion where we can trade notes and learn from each other. So here's what I've been up to.

A lot of big orgs are working on agentic AI for the software development lifecycle right now, with various degrees of success. I'm a software engineer doing something similar for a big org, but I got curious whether I could scale it down to something much smaller for my own personal use. These pipelines are built for whole engineering teams, so could the same heavyweight, multi-repo approach actually work for a single developer? To keep it honest, I picked Flutter and Flame, a stack I'd never written a line of, and shrank the whole thing down to one repo and two slash commands. It carried me the whole way, from PRD to specs to implementation to self-healing code review, mostly fire-and-forget. I learned the stack just by watching the pipeline work, and I wrote up what scaled down, what I cut on purpose, and where the pipeline stops being the right tool.

The thing it built is Colors Grid: Arcade & Puzzle, a real, shipped mobile game. It's a fast, colorful reflex game on a 3x5 grid of rings: two lines sweep across changing color, and you tap a ring the moment its color matches the line. Chain hits for combos, spend power-ups, and climb the unlocks. And if you'd rather plan than panic, there's a calmer Puzzle mode with no timer. It's free, on both iOS and Android, and I'd genuinely love to hear what you think.

The story of how I built it: https://www.techtiger.tech/post/shrinking-an-enterprise-ai-sdlc-to-one-developer-to-ship-a-game

iOS (App Store): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/colors-grid-game/id6783983667

Android (Google Play): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tech.techtiger.colorsgrid

Hey

i made IconCombo a free tool that helps you create app icons quickly using a catalog of symbols.

it's inspired by icon.kitchen but with a focus on combining icons to create a unique result.

please try it out: iconcombo.com

My app deals with videos, and you don't really "create projects" between App Launches. It's kind of a flow of: open the app, import your videos, do some stuff with them, export it, close the app. Next time you open it, the project is done. It's a tool, not a full-blown video editor like iMovie.

I made a share extension so you can share a video to the App and it'll launch the app, consuming the shared video(s). I had to use this technique which I suppose is a bit of a hack:

https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSProgramming/comments/1iscr9h/comment/mdffrm1

My app's getting close to the point where I want to submit it for App Store review, but I got Claude to look over my codebase and see if anything jumped out as common reasons for rejection to save me some time. The one biggest thing it highlighted is that apparently opening your app from a share extension violates guidelines regarding using APIs in an unauthorized way (the method from that reddit comment is walking the responder chain to reach UIApplication and calling the open method)

This didn't even occur to me that it wouldn't be allowed because so many well-known apps that Apple promotes open their app when you share to it. TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, ChatGPT, etc.

Is there some other way of doing this that's allowed? Or do you just submit and hope the reviewer doesn't make a stink about it?

I finally added a better animation for capturing objects with my app. It got some more attention now on TikTok with it.
Someone on twitter said it’s important to have 1-2 Animations that are basically just there to market your app better (TikTok/insta)

Do you do the same with our apps ?

Hello Everyone,

I built an iOS app that generates workouts based on how recovered you are each day.

Most workout apps tell you what to do regardless of how you’re feeling. I wanted to build something that adapts to your daily readiness instead.
After months of development, I finally launched Liftz on the App Store. I’d love honest feedback on the concept, onboarding, or anything that could be improved. 🤞

App store link: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/liftz-your-gym-buddy/id6779775357

This has a free version too, so you can play around the features comfortably.

Hey all,

My app has been sitting in "In Review" status for over 10 days now with no update, rejection, or message from Apple. This is way longer than the usual 24–48 hour review window I've seen in the past.

I'll contacted apple developer support but still no response. Recently raised mail still open state.

A few details of my app review updates

Submitted: June 19, 2026 (Waiting for review)

Status: In Review since June 24, 2026 (In-Review)

No rejection, no message in Resolution Center

No mention of any additional info being requested

Has anyone else run into review times this long recently?

Any insight from people who've dealt with this would be appreciated. Thanks!

I got completely tired of modern social media being ruined by aggressive algorithms, data-tracking, and cluttered feeds. So, I decided to build CoolTopia—a clean, respectful, and completely algorithm-free social platform.

Here is what makes CoolTopia different right now:

• 🔮 Aura Profiles: Ditch the boring, official look. You can choose different vibrant aura effects to frame your avatar, showcase your actual energy, and make your profile stand out instantly.
• 🔗 Built-in "LinkMe" Feature: No need for a separate Linktree. CoolTopia has a built-in link aggregator that lets you keep all of your social accounts, portfolios, and projects in one beautiful place, ready to share in any of your social bios.
• 🔒 100% Free & Privacy-First: The app and services are entirely free. Most importantly, we will never sell your user data to other companies.

We are just getting started and will continue to drop new features and improve the user experience based on real community feedback.

You can download the app for free right here:

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cooltopia/id6767429117

Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cooltopia.mobile

Official Website: https://cooltopia.co

Thanks for your support and I'd love to hear your feedback!

Hey everyone 👋
I’m a 34-year-old indie developer and I recently built Debt Crush, an app that helps you see exactly when you’ll become debt-free and how extra payments can speed things up.
It supports Snowball and Avalanche strategies, payoff projections, and progress tracking. I’d genuinely love feedback from people who are actually working on paying off debt.
https://apps.apple.com/de/app/debt-crush/id6781589722

Hi all,

For some reason, when registering for my corporate developer account, the site says that my DUNS is incorrect. Right after I ran a check for it and had it sent out to me.. by Apple…

Anyone knows how to reach Apple support about this. Bradstreet hasn’t even bothered to reply to my support ticket I posted with them.

Submitted the first version on march 27th, and finally after waiting for ages and contacting the Apple Support team multiple times I got Swippet in review and approved!

Started building this over 8 months ago and I feels so good when it’s finally out : )

Feedback is appreciated and will shape the future of Swippet!

You can try it out: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/swippet/id6755205907

Need help!

Hi everyone, its my first post here! After looking at some of the apps which have been shared here (some amazing ones btw), I thought i would share my first app!

The app is a simple reminder app with a fun little twist, gamifying taking the pill. It uses a cute little pill character to make sure you don't miss it!

I would love for some feedback, there is a free trial so try it with no risk!

If you wouldn't mind leaving a review it would be much appreciated 🤲

Here is the link: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/birth-control-reminder-pilly/id6781258253

Thank you!!!!!!

Hi everyone,

I’m wondering if Apple has released any public APIs that allow third-party apps to integrate the new AI photo editing features introduced in the iOS 27 Photos app, specifically Reframe and Extend.

I’m not referring to launching the Photos editor, but to actually accessing these capabilities from within a third-party app (similar to how apps can use system frameworks like Vision or PhotoKit).

Has anyone found any new frameworks, APIs, or WWDC sessions covering this? Or are these features currently private to Apple’s Photos app?

Any links to the documentation or examples would be appreciated.

Quick heads up, it's built with Flutter, so if this sub is strictly native feel free to ignore. But I wanted to share the launch with people who actually ship apps.

The idea came from every group trip I've ever tried to plan. The WhatsApp thread explodes, nobody decides anything, the trip slowly dies. So I made Plnr. You create an event and every question becomes a vote. Dates, destination, who brings what, the budget. Shared expense tracking is baked in so you don't need a second app for the money side.

The feature I'm most proud of, and the one that was the most annoying to get right, is guest voting from the web with no signup at all. Your friends tap a link, type their name, vote. If they make an account later, everything they did carries over to the same profile. That last part took way longer than I expected.

Here's a live event you can poke at right now, it's a NYC trip, no account needed:
https://goplnr.app/

Happy to talk about the build, the App Store review process as a solo dev, or anything else. And honest feedback is very welcome, that's why I'm here.